Katia Mann

Katia Mann
Thomas and Katia Mann
Born	Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim (1883-07-24)24 July 1883 Feldafing near Munich, Germany
Died	25 April 1980(1980-04-25) (aged 96) Kilchberg, Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse	Thomas Mann
Children	Erika, Klaus, Golo, Monika, Elisabeth, Michael
Parent(s)	Hedwig Dohm Alfred Pringsheim
Relatives	Klaus Pringsheim Sr. (twin brother)

Katia Mann (born Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim; 24 July 1883 – 25 April 1980) was the youngest child and only daughter (among four sons) of the German Jewish mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her marriage. Katia was also a granddaughter of the writer and women's rights activist Hedwig Dohm. Her twin brother Klaus was a conductor, composer, music writer and music pedagogue, active in Germany and Japan. She married the writer Thomas Mann.